2012–13 Pro12
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA
Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.
| 2012–13 Pro12 | |
|---|---|
| Countries | Template:Flagicon Ireland File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| Date | 31 August 2012 – 25 May 2013 |
| Champions | Template:Flagicon Leinster (Script error: No such module "Ordinal". title) |
| Runners-up | Template:Flagicon Ulster |
| Matches played | 135 |
| Attendance | 1,106,873 (average 8,199 per match) |
| Tries scored | 536 (average 4 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Ian Madigan (Leinster) (186 points)[1] |
| Top try scorer | Tim Visser (Edinburgh) (11 tries)[2] |
| Official website | |
| www | |
| Template:Succession links | |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
The 2012–13 Pro12 League (also known as the RaboDirect Pro12 for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League, the third with its current 12-team format, and the second with RaboDirect as title sponsor.
Ospreys were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify for the end-of-season playoffs.
The twelve teams that competed were the four Irish teams, Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster; two Scottish teams, Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors; four Welsh teams, Cardiff Blues, Newport Gwent Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets; and two Italian teams, Benetton Treviso and newly created Zebre.
The title was won by Leinster, defeating Ulster 24–18 in the final.[3][4][5][6]
Changes for the season
Italy
Zebre replaced Aironi Rugby after they had their licence revoked by the Italian Rugby Federation for financial reasons.[7] Roberto Manghi will become their Head coach for their début season.
Scotland
Ahead of this season Glasgow Warriors moved home, leaving their previous home of Firhill in the Maryhill area of the city for the smaller Scotstoun Stadium. They also came into the season with a new head coach, with former Scotland stand-off Gregor Townsend replacing Sean Lineen.
Ireland
New Zealander Rob Penney replaced Tony McGahan as director of rugby at Munster, and fellow New Zealander Mark Anscombe replaced Brian McLaughlin as head coach of Ulster.[8][9] In Munster, Paul O'Connell stood down as captain, with Doug Howlett announced as his replacement.[10]
Wales
The Welsh regions saw a number of changes in coaching personnel, as Phil Davies took over the reins at Cardiff Blues, Steve Tandy replaced Sean Holley as Ospreys head coach and former Ireland international Simon Easterby succeeding Nigel Davies at the Scarlets, after he departed to take over at English Premiership side Gloucester. Scarlets also announced that Rob McCusker would replace Matthew Rees as captain.
On 28 August 2012, the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new annual event which will feature all four regions playing in a doubleheader at Millennium Stadium (similar to the long-established London Double Header in the English Premiership). The first of these events took place on 30 March 2013, with an initial contract set to run for four years.[11]
Teams
|
Lua error in Module:Location_map/multi at line 27: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/United Kingdom" does not exist. |
Page Module:Location map/styles.css has no content. |
| File:Red pog.svg Winners; File:Yellow pog.svg 2nd–4th place; File:Blue pog.svg Other teams. | |
Table
| |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland Ulster (RU) | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 577 | 348 | +229 | 62 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 81 | ||||
| 2 | Ireland Leinster (CH) | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 585 | 386 | +199 | 63 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 78 | ||||
| 3 | Scotland Glasgow Warriors (SF) | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 541 | 324 | +217 | 66 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 76 | ||||
| 4 | Wales Scarlets (SF) | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 436 | 406 | +30 | 41 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 66 | ||||
| 5 | Wales Ospreys | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 471 | 342 | +129 | 48 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 62 | ||||
| 6 | Ireland Munster | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 442 | 389 | +53 | 46 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 54 | ||||
| 7 | Italy Benetton Treviso | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 414 | 450 | –36 | 45 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 50 | ||||
| 8 | Ireland Connacht | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 358 | 422 | –64 | 32 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 38 | ||||
| 9 | Wales Cardiff Blues | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 348 | 487 | –139 | 28 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 38 | ||||
| 10 | Scotland Edinburgh | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 399 | 504 | –105 | 35 | 51 | 1 | 7 | 36 | ||||
| 11 | Wales Newport Gwent Dragons | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 358 | 589 | –231 | 31 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 28 | ||||
| 12 | Italy Zebre | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 291 | 573 | –282 | 29 | 60 | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||||
|
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[14]
| |||||||||||||||||
| Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places. Qualification for the Heineken Cup is based on each country's allocation, i.e. three highest–ranked Irish teams, three highest–ranked Welsh teams, both Italian teams and both Scottish teams. Leinster won the Amlin Challenge Cup, giving Ireland an extra Heineken Cup place that passed to Connacht.
Updated 17 May 2013. Source: RaboDirect PRO12 Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content. | |||||||||||||||||
Fixtures
All times are local.[15]
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 4 rescheduled match
This match – originally scheduled to be held during Round 4, on 21 September 2012 – was postponed due to the death of Ulster player Nevin Spence in a farming accident on 15 September.[16]
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
1872 Cup 1st round
Welsh Round
Round 12
1872 Cup 2nd round
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Judgement Day
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
Round 20
Round 21
Round 19 rescheduled match
Template:Rugbybox This match – originally scheduled to be held during Round 19, on 30 March 2013 – was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[17]
Round 22
Play-offs
Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on the weekend of 10/11 May 2013; these followed a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system with the games being played at the home ground of the higher placed teams.[18] Template:Rugbybox
Final
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
The final was contested on Saturday, 25 May 2013, between the winners of the two semi-finals.
|
Man of the Match:
Touch judges:
|
Leading scorers
Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-IRB nationalities.
Page Template:Col-begin/styles.css has no content.
Top points scorers
|
Top try scorers
|
End-of-season awards
| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| Players' Player of the Season: | Template:Flagicon Nick Williams (Ulster) |
| Young Player of the Season: | Template:Flagicon Luke Marshall (Ulster) |
| Coach of the Season: | Template:Flagicon Gregor Townsend (Glasgow) |
| Chairman's Award: | Template:Flagicon Michael Swift (Connacht) |
| Golden Boot: | Template:Flagicon Ian Madigan (Leinster) |
| Collision Kings: | Scarlets |
| Fairplay Award: | Ulster |
| Straight Talking Award: | Template:Flagicon Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys) |
| Try of the Season: | Template:Flagicon Andrew Trimble (Ulster vs Connacht)[19] |
2012/2013 Dream Team[20]
| Pos | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FB | 15 | Template:Flagicon Stuart Hogg | Glasgow |
| RW | 14 | Template:Flagicon George North | Scarlets |
| OC | 13 | Template:Flagicon Jonathan Davies | Scarlets |
| IC | 12 | Template:Flagicon Luke Marshall | Ulster |
| LW | 11 | Template:Flagicon Tim Visser | Edinburgh |
| FH | 10 | Template:Flagicon Ian Madigan | Leinster |
| SH | 9 | Template:Flagicon Nikola Matawalu | Glasgow |
| N8 | 8 | Template:Flagicon Nick Williams | Ulster |
| OF | 7 | Template:Flagicon Justin Tipuric | Ospreys |
| BF | 6 | Template:Flagicon Alessandro Zanni | Treviso |
| RL | 5 | Template:Flagicon Alastair Kellock | Glasgow |
| LL | 4 | Template:Flagicon Alun Wyn Jones | Ospreys |
| TP | 3 | Template:Flagicon Adam Jones | Ospreys |
| HK | 2 | Template:Flagicon Leonardo Ghiraldini | Treviso |
| LP | 1 | Template:Flagicon Ryan Grant | Glasgow |
Notes
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Although Murrayfield's full capacity is 67,144, only the lower section of the West Stand, with a capacity of 12,464, is generally opened for Edinburgh fixtures.
- ^ Zebre also played one of their matches at Stadio del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia.
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Leading Points-Scorers". RaboDirect Pro12. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Leading Try-Scorers". RaboDirect Pro12. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Leinster defeat Ulster 24-18 to claim the RaboDirect PRO12 title". RTÉ Sport. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Leinster hold on to win PRO12 title". ESPN. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pro12 final: Ulster 18-24 Leinster". BBC Sport. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Schmidt gets perfect send-off as Leinster claim Rabo title in thriller". Irish Independent. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rugby Union Tournaments | RaboDirect PRO12 | New PRO12 team to be called Zebras". Planet Rugby. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gritty Munster off to winning start". Limerick Leader. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mark Anscombe is named as the new Ulster Head Coach". BBC Sport. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Doug Howlett named as the new captain of Munster". The Score. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Derby Delight at Millennium Stadium" (Press release). Welsh Rugby Union. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pro12: Glasgow Warriors". rabodirectpro12.com. Pro12. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Zebre Step Up As New Italian Team". Irishrugby.ie. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Competition Rule 3.5 Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Summary of Key Rules". Pro12. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RaboDirect PRO12 Fixtures & Results". Pro12. Celtic Rugby. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Week4Reschedulingwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Week19Reschedulingwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Competition Rules: Season 2011–2012 (Rule 3.6)". RaboDirect PRO12. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Classy Ruan Pienaar reverse pass sees Andrew Trimble score try - Connacht v Ulster 19 Apr 2013". YouTube.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2013 RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team Has Lions Flavour". RaboDirect PRO12. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
External links
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found.
.svg){kind=link}
